831056
831056

Heavy Metal

2009-01-01 zh 49m
Documentary
For more then twenty years, tons and tons of metallic and electronic waste from all around the world has been transported to a Chinese town called Fengjang, in the south of Shanghai. Around 50,000 migrant workers have formed a real army to dismantle these metallic wastes. These "green soldiers" decompose, cut, split and recycle, with the most rudimentary means, almost 2 million tons of garbage every year. To remain and assume the minimum materials that is theirs, they work hard, bear an incredible precariousness and put in danger their own health due to the simply unacceptable working conditions. As the recognizable heaps of metal continue to pile up they provide a deeply moving image of a worldwide consumer society.

Writer

Jin Huaqing

Director

Jin Huaqing

Sound

Shanlong Yu

Editor

Thierry Guedj

Editor

Jin Huaqing

Cinematography

Jin Huaqing

Status

Released

Countries

  • China

Companies

  • China Screen
  • Solferino Images